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(11) EP 4 278 352 A1

(12)

(43) Date of publication:
22.11.2023 Bulletin 2023/47

(21) Application number: 21844715.9

(22) Date of filing: 22.12.2021
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G11C 7/06(2006.01)
G11C 11/419(2006.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
G11C 7/067; G11C 2207/063; G11C 11/419; G11C 2207/002
(86) International application number:
PCT/EP2021/087395
(87) International publication number:
WO 2022/152539 (21.07.2022 Gazette 2022/29)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME
Designated Validation States:
KH MA MD TN

(30) Priority: 15.01.2021 US 202117149915

(71) Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
Armonk, New York 10504 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • CHAKRABORTY, Sudipto
    Coppell, Texas 75019-4642 (US)
  • JOSHI, Rajiv
    Yorktown Heights, New York 10598-0218 (US)
  • FRITSCH, Alexander
    BW 71032 Boeblingen (DE)
  • WETTER, Holger
    BW 71032 Boeblingen (DE)

(74) Representative: IBM United Kingdom Limited 
Intellectual Property Law Hursley Park
Winchester, Hampshire SO21 2JN
Winchester, Hampshire SO21 2JN (GB)

   


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